Alright so I have been doing some thinking and I want to add a small dock to my pond. I have attached a photo of where I am thinking about putting the dock. The red lines are the outlines of where I am thinking about the dock, the blue lines are where my drainage and sprinkler lines are, and so the yellow line is where I have to anchor the deck into the ground at.
So here are my questions and am looking for suggestions.
1. I can either put two posts into the ground next to my sidewalk and then at the other end put two posts that are attached to some sort of cement block or something similar that sit on the bottom of the pond. The challenge here is that the pond is not perfectly level on the bottom here.
2. The other option is that I make the dock where it is cantilevered over the pond, therefore anchoring the side that is over land to four posts into the ground. But based on some research it does not appear as though I have enough land to do it. For every 1' of overhang they say you need 2' over land, and based on this and the room I have my dock will be a measly 3' long with 1' over the pond.
3. Another option instead of using wood posts to support it in the pond I could use some sort of metal pipe, maybe like fencing, but I am not sure this will fit into everything else in my backyard and don't want it to come off cheap.
4. I thought about using some real pieces of tree that I could find somewhere and that are straight, this might make it look more unique. then for the actual dock material I could find some rough sawn wood for the planks but then you might get splinters on your feet if you are out there in the summer barefoot.
5. what about the location of the dock, yes or no?
6. Instead of a dock I also thought about building a bridge to go over to the other side of the pond, it would only be about 18" wide as to not cover up the entire pond. If you look at the pic it would start on the same rock the dock is drawn on but go to the other side just to the left of my dogs head and over the fish that is in the water.
Comments welcomed!
Thanks